Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

EPIC 220674823 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) EPIC 220674823, located approximately 797.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.61 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.54 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.92 g
  • An orbital period of 0.571 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0132 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 2,324 K (2051 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 797.74 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.097
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 14,068,232 years

1 sibling around EPIC 220674823

EPIC 220674823 b shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
EPIC 220674823 b this Super-Earth 1.61 7.54 0.571 2,324 2016
EPIC 220674823 c Sub-Neptune 2.71 7.90 13.341 838 2016

EPIC 220674823 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.61 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.143 R♃
Mass
7.54 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.024 M♃
Density
10.68 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.92 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.097
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#566of 1176

top 48.0%

This planet

1.61R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth EPIC 220674823 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.54317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5110.681.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.922.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.004,656.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 7.540 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 266015990

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2582617711154563968

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2582617711154563968

System

EPIC 220674823

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.606 R⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 1176
Mass 7.540 M⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 0.57 d · percentile 2 / cohort 1164
Distance 244.59 pc · percentile 27 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.097 · percentile 1 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
0.571 days
Semi-major axis
0.0132 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.50 °

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 13.7 hours long on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0132 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.028 %

Duration

1.599 h

Impact parameter b

0.077

Rp / R★

0.014800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,473.5712

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 285 ppm lasting ≈ 1.60 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014800

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

2.858

Impact parameter (b)

0.077

RV semi-amplitude (K)

6.050 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,473.5712

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05400

Eq. Temperature

2,324K

(2051 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

4,656.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.097

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Adams et al. 2017

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2017-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: EPIC 220674823

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,578 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.990 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.913 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.408 dex

Stellar density

1.350 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-14.79 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.62 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.135

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
244.59 parsec
Light-years 797.74 ly
V-band magnitude
12.10 mag
Voyager-speed travel 14,068,232 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.414.814.79U12.58B12.10V11.95Gaia11.96Kepler11.46TESS12.63Sloan g12.03Sloan r11.81Sloan i12.96Sloan z10.77J10.45H10.34K10.30W110.36W210.38W38.42W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.060 mas

Total Proper Motion

61.004 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

60.96 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.24 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.957 · y = 0.222 · z = 0.187

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 13.08002° · Dec 10.79471°

Galactic ℓ, b

123.284° · -52.076°

Ecliptic λ, β

16.223° · 4.784°

HTM-20 index

85471358

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